The Criterion
25. Al-Furqān
الفرقان
Page #364
25:44
أَمْ
تَحْسَبُ
أَنَّ
أَكْثَرَهُمْ
يَسْمَعُونَ
أَوْ
يَعْقِلُونَ
إِنْ
هُمْ
إِلَّا
كَالْأَنْعَامِ
بَلْ
هُمْ
أَضَلُّ
سَبِيلًا
ʾam taḥsabu ʾanna ʾaktharahum yasmaʿūna ʾaw yaʿqilūna ʾin hum ʾillā ka-l-ʾanʿāmi bal hum ʾaḍallu sabīlan
Or thinkest thou that most of them listen or understand? They are only like cattle;- nay, they are worse astray in Path.
— Abdullah Yusufali
Do you suppose that most of them listen or exercise their reason? They are just like cattle; indeed, they are further astray from the way.